Background and Current Position
The Xavier Centre of Historical Research was set up by the Jesuits of Goa in 1977. XCHR activities were inaugurated on November 4, 1979 under the direction of Teotónio R. de Souza who did the ground work and accompanied the activities of the XCHR until April 1994. Till 1983, the institution was provisionally situated at Miramar, in Goa. Currently it is located at Bakibab Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, Goa.
Present for the inauguration in 1979 were Professor P.M. Joshi, the retired director of the Maharashtra Archives, and Dr. José Blanco, then administrator of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon.
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